Wildland fire in Clear Creek Canyon - Bald Mountain Fire

Still trying to pinpoint the fire exactly, somewhere northeast of Alt Mountain, 267 and Huntsman south side of the highway 6. Crews are shutting down Clear Creek Canyon and requesting helicopter support. Have fire crews from Foothills Fire and Fairmont Fire. Will call Genesee, Evergreen Fire, Indian Hills and Inter-Canyon for assistance.

MMA is in the air.

Coordinates and bearing Hwy 6 at the 266
SE 156 deg
latitude 39.747
longitude -105.3003

CDOT @ColoradoDOT 1m
US 6 EB/WB: Road closed between CO 119 and CO 58; CO 93. Wildland fire. No estimated time to open.

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Jeffco Sheriff @jeffcosheriffco 1m
We are responding to a fire off of Hwy. 6 so we’ve shut down Hwy. 6 in both directions from Hwy. 93 to 119. Avoid the area please #jeffco

Fire is moving south/southwest, sometimes being blown east with the wind, and torching in trees flame lengths 1-1.5 foot long. Size of the fire estimated at about an acre. Seems to be slowing down where there's a meadow with open land that they can access it from underneath.

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So that’s what I’m seeing (I am in Stapleton, for reference)

There was some concern that there was two fires, but crews are only seeing one fire near Clear Creek Canyon, north of Golden Gate Canyon.

Per James Richardson: Type 3 helicopter 3AE arriving on-scene calling it less than 2 acres.

Latest from the scanner: No tree-tops on fire, crawling on the ground

CLOSED: Clear Creek Canyon Park is closed through U.S. Hwy. 6 in both directions, from Hwy. 93 to 119, due to an active wildfire. The fire has also closed the Beaver Brook Trail that runs through this location. Please avoid the area.

#jeffcotrails #jcos #jeffcoopenspace

Flames are crowning the trees and breaking the ridgeline from another vantage point. Chopper is about 8 minutes out.

Per scanner: fire is approximately 3 acres in size, running in brush, grass and timber, and into a drainage ditch. Spread potential high. Ordering more resources. Flames continue to move south and east, approximately 50 ft tall at this point.

Edit to add: winds picking up, ~20mph moving from north to south. Flame front about 200ft long, flames reaching 20' high.

2nd update: requesting Evergreen Fire send a Type 6 engine with crew to staging location at Ralston Elem. Closing Lookout Mountain Trail from Lookout Mountain Nature Center.

John Morrissey @KOAJetcopter 5m
A wildfire on a mtn. above Clear Creek Canyon has closed US 6, Golden to Hwy 119. You can see US 6 on the right side. #cotraffic @KOAColorado

Spot fire NW of the big one 500-600 yards down the canyon, approx 50'x50', not growing fast, smoldering.

Requesting a Type 6 from Coal Creek in Boulder, chopper is inbound to SW flank. SEAT also en route.

Mountain FIDO @MountainFIDO 22m
Firefighters from 8 agencies on scene. Fire apparatus for the #baldmountainfire continues to arrive


Edit to add from @MountainFIDO 1min ago:
Helicopter assisting firefighters at #baldmountainfire